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The Polka King

2017

Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky

Jack Black, Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, Willie Garson ...

5.1

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Comedy Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.

	Author	Review
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"A hilariously tough-to-believe biopic that should easily prove one of the bigger commercial breakouts of Sundance’s 2017 edition"	POS
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"Jason Schwartzman and Jenny Slate round out a wacky comedy that’s full of heart (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"[A] half-charming feature, which inspires some sympathy for its protagonist but not enough to carry the film"	NEU
United Kingdom	Anthony Kaufman Screendaily	"The film’s mid-nineties period and combination of garish and quirky Polish details are good for some laughs"	POS
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"'The Polka King' finds a distinct balance of being good-spirited to the title person while able to let us laugh out loud about his absurdities."	POS
United States	Jesse Hassenger AV Club	"This movie is so well-cast that the laugh line makes perfect sense coming from Black (...) Plot developments, exposition, and confrontations alike are all staged through clumsy dialogue scenes."	NEU
United States	Matt Singer Screen Crush	"Forbes and Wolodarsky don’t try to do too much with 'The Polka King'; with a story this good, you don’t have to (...) Very likable"	POS

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